Just played their last home game of the season & are on the verge of winning the title. Didn't see a single person on the pitch at the end who didn't have a right to be there.
RE: Lenzo stop being a show off!!! its another one of those english things like changing players names to make them easier to say Kuyt for example when it should be Kuijt its known as Derby della Madonnina through out Italy,it is a football match between the Italian clubs A.C. Milan and F.C. Internazionale Milano (Inter). It is a hotly contested local derby and is one of the most followed derbies in football world.
Stand well back Lenzo's off on one....... Not all commentators are as eloquent and informed as Alan Green you know. Remember the doctor told you to calm down and stop being so pedantic or it will end in by pass surgery you know
RE: Stand well back Lenzo's off on one....... tbh it does not matter what the Derbys called, we will kill there title hopes for another week and open the door for Roma again, hes not called Super Pippo for nothing you know now with 8 in his last 3 games!! :O you also dont pay 15 million for a 18 year old for no reason, lets unleash the Duck quack quack
Maybe, just mabe it's to do with this http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2005/04/15/inter_milan050415.html</p> You picked a really poor example with Inter Milan, and Italy in general. They've had a massive problem with fan violence in the ground. It's a fair assumption to say if a Milan fan goes onto the pitch it's in the context of a threatening and violent atmosphere. That's a long way from the end of season high spirits pitch invasion we see at Bansley.</p> I'm all for harsh treatment for fans who enter the pitch during play either to hug a goal scorer, make a protest, attack a referee, and generally cause trouble. The idiots who went on before the final whistle in the Chelsea game and were tripping Charvalio, should be dealt with extremely harshly</p> Stopping the high spirited good natured end of season pitch invasion is just the nanny/police state taking over. Deal exceptionaly harshly with trouble makes by all means, but lets not get carried away</p>
please not that your article was from 2005 as now there are regulations set in place to stop this happening, you have to take id to the San Siro so the name on the drivers license/passport etc matches the name on the ticket and theres a face to comfirm this been the small passport sized photo on the id. its not a scarey place no more. and before you say but Man U last year were attacked i know people that went and they started throwing bottle over the walls at the Roma fans so they got everything they deserved
Exactly my point What happened a few seasons ago, has a direct influence onwhat securty they have in now. It doesn't stop everything but it makes the idiots think twice.</p> Passport ID would be way over the topto stop the end of season Barnsley pitch invasion, the reason Milan have it nowis because they have had toseverely crack down with schemes thatwould be overkill for us... because we don't have a hardcore of idiots that are as exteme as Milan.</p> Milan is a very poor comparison </p>
RE: Exactly my point i wasnt comparing our trouble to Milan i was just saying its a scheme thats in place in Italy and its stopped alot of trouble, the FIGC handed out a checklist of changes to be done to grounds until they were done the grounds were closed and played behind closed doors. and Milans Ultras are not hooligans there a total oposite of hooligans if anything
Ok, you might think this is a better example Let's see how the Chelsea & Man Utd fans behave at the end of the Premiership season shall we?
Nope, still doesn't work for me If I wanted to support a sanitised Euro Disney football team I'd choose Chelsea or Manu or Liverpool.</p> We aren't in the same league as them and comparing Barnsley to the multi-million pound marketing beast that are the "Big 4" is about as relevant as comapring my lifestyle with Tony Blaire's.</p> We are a community club and we should be able to accomodate soemthing that allows the fans to go on the pitch and congratulate the players (which many clearly want to do) in a structured, organised and planned way.</p> I don't think there would ever be a situation where Man U or Chelsea could ever imagine even contemplating such an idea - unless Chelsea went back to beingthe smaller second tier club theused to be. So no, still don't think it's a comparioson we should aspire to.</p>
We'll have to agree to disagree then I think you'll find that "the many" that you refer to were outnumbered yesterday by about 5 to 1. I personally would prefer it if they would obey the law of the land & stay off the pitch so that I & many others can show our appreciation to the players at the end of the season & not have the opportunity taken away from us.
I've got a comparison for you - Walsall a couple of seasons ago Last game of the season, we'd just booked our place in the playoffs, they'd just been relegated.</p> Both sets of fans on the pitch, lots of stewards and police making sure it all stayed good natured, but it was extremely well handled I thought. Barnsley fans and Walsall fans on the half way line shaking hnads and wishing each other the best.</p> Nodoby got arrested, the closest I saw a Banrsley fan to getting in trouble was when he kissed a WPC and she didn't really appreciate it and stern words were had. The whole thing was good natured and nobody was getting upset and talking of deducting points and people being criminals. Good natured, impromptu and at an away ground!!!</p> Surely a compromise could be reached</p>
Still don't agree with it As I said, it stops me from showing my appreciation to the players. Having said that, I suppose that because I want the fans to stay off the pitch so I can show my appreciation could, in some eyes, make me as selfish as most people see those fans that run onto the pitch.